Question
What was significant about the Joint-stock company?
Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "<I>joint stock company</I>" to get these possible sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_stock_company
http://www.investorwords.com/2668/Joint_Stock_Company.html
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/j/jointstockcompany.asp
http://www.answers.com/topic/joint-stock-company
I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "<I>joint stock company</I>" to get these possible sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_stock_company
http://www.investorwords.com/2668/Joint_Stock_Company.html
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/j/jointstockcompany.asp
http://www.answers.com/topic/joint-stock-company
I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.